While studying some of the birds feeding in my backyard, I saw a small woodpecker that acted and looked like a Downy. The ...

A flicker at the feeder is one of the most interesting birds I have ever watched. Like other woodpeckers, they have a very long tongue. It actually wraps from the back of their head around to the top.

Enjoy the urban presence of this speckled and uniquely-tinted woodpecker, whose secret to good hygiene is ant acid ...